Selected Bibliography for Matthew Gentzkow
Professor of Economics and Neubauer Faculty Fellow

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Published Works 

"What Drives Media Slant? Evidence from U.S. Daily Newspapers." Matthew A. Gentzkow and Jesse M. Shapiro; Econometrica, 2010, 78(1), pp. 35-71.
http://dx.doi.org/10.3982/ECTA7195

"Competition and Truth in the Market for News." Matthew Gentzkow and Jesse M. Shapiro; Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2008, 22(2), pp. 133-54.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1257/jep.22.2.133

"Preschool Television Viewing and Adolescent Test Scores: Historical Evidence from the Coleman Study." Matthew Gentzkow and Jesse M. Shapiro; Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2008, 123(1), pp. 279-323.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/qjec.2008.123.1.279

"Valuing New Goods in a Model with Complementarity: Online Newspapers." Matthew A. Gentzkow; American Economic Review, 2007, 97(3), pp. 713 - 44.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1257/aer.97.3.713

"Television and Voter Turnout." Matthew A. Gentzkow; Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2006, 121(3), pp. 931.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/qjec.121.3.931

"The Rise of the Fourth Estate: How Newspapers Became Informative and Why It Mattered," Matthew A. Gentzkow, Edward L. Glaeser and Claudia Goldin, in E. L. Glaeser and C. Goldin: Corruption and Reform: Lessons from America's Economic History. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2006, pp. 187-230

"Media Bias and Reputation." Matthew Gentzkow and Jesse M. Shapiro; Journal of Political Economy, 2006, 114(2), pp. 280 - 316.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/499414

"Long Live the Boob Tube." Matthew Gentzkow; Forbes, 2006, 177(7), pp. 36-36.
http://search.epnet.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bth&an=20296623

Essays in the Economics of Mass Media; Matthew Aaron Gentzkow; Ph.D. Dissertation, Harvard University, 2004.
http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=766022751&sid=2&Fmt=2&clientId=13392&RQT=309&VName=PQD

"Media, Education and Anti Americanism in the Muslim World." Matthew A Gentzkow and Jesse M Shapiro; Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2004, 18(3), pp. 117.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1257/0895330042162313

Working Papers 

Ideological Segregation Online and Offline; Matthew Gentzkow and Jesse M. Shapiro; NBER Working Paper Series   No. 15916; Cambridge: National Bureau of Economic Research, 2010.
http://www.nber.org/papers/w15916

Bayesian Persuasion; Emir Kamenica and Matthew Gentzkow; NBER Working Paper Series No. 15540; Cambridge: National Bureau of Economic Research, 2009.
http://www.nber.org/papers/w15540

Persuasion: Empirical Evidence; Stefano DellaVigna and Matthew Gentzkow; NBER Working Paper Series No. 15298; Cambridge: National Bureau of Economic Research 2009.
http://www.nber.org/papers/w15298

What Drives Media Slant? Evidence from U.S. Daily Newspapers; Matthew Gentzkow and Jesse M. Shapiro; NBER working paper series ; no. w12707; Cambridge, Mass.: National Bureau of Economic Research, 2006.
http://www.nber.org/papers/w12707

Valuing New Goods in a Model with Complementarities: Online Newspapers; Matthew Gentzkow; NBER working paper series ; no. w12562; Cambridge, Mass.: National Bureau of Economic Research, 2006.
http://www.nber.org/papers/w12562

Does Television Rot Your Brain? New Evidence from the Coleman Study; Matthew A. Gentzkow and Jesse M. Shapiro; NBER working paper series no. w12021; Cambridge, Mass.: National Bureau of Economic Research, 2006.
http://www.nber.org/papers/w12021

Media Bias and Reputation; Matthew A. Gentzkow and Jesse Shapiro; NBER Working Papers Series no. 11664; Cambridge: National Bureau of Economic Research, 2005.
http://papers.nber.org/papers/w11664

The Rise of the Fourth Estate: How Newspapers Became Informative and Why It Mattered; Matthew Gentzkow, Edward L. Glaeser and Claudia Goldin; NBER Working Papers no.10791; Cambridge: National Bureau of Economic Research, 2004.
http://papers.nber.org/papers/W10791

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